Wind-shield.



\ C. P. CHAMBERLIN.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 9. 1915.

Patented. Apr. 3, 1917.

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I H YEH T OR CLARENCE P CHAMDFRIJN.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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CLARENCE P. CHAMBERLIN, 011 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WIN DSHIELD.

Application-filed April 9, To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, (manner P. GIMM- BhRLiN, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of l Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Imprm'einent in Windshields, and declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

llliis invention relates to wind-shields for vehicles and its object is a wind-shield embodying as a comlioneut part thereof an adjustable storm-shield that may lie flat against the upper hinged section of the wind-shield or n'iay be extended at an angle thereto to protect the said upper section snow, or dust and enable the driver to see clearly therethrough at all times. A. further object of the invention is involved in the means for locking the sections in the desired position, that is easily manipulated to permit of the desired adj ustment and in which all looseness of parts is avoided. These objects and the several novel features of construction are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a vehicle showing my improved wind-shield.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail showing the upper section of the shield and the storm shield both in cross-section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hinge joint for the upper and storm-shield sections of the wind-shield.

F 1g. 4 is a cross-section of said joint or hinge.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the upper end of the uiurl-shield frames.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing and specification.

The windshield consists of a pair of side frames 1, mounted in any convenient manner on the forward part of the vehicle and pivotally supported by these frames'is an upper and a lower section 2 and 3 respectively as is common with ordinary windshields now in use. The upper end of each standard in my improved wind-shield is not only arranged to pivotally support the upper section 2 but also to pivotally support a storm-shield section Pivoted to the extreme upper end of each frame above the pivot poin, of the shields Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

1915. Serial No. 20,142. i

2 and is a. plate 5 that may be secured to the vehicle top in any approved manner. As the plate 5 is pivoted at (5 to the frames, it may occupy various positions relative thereto as indicated in Fig. 1, in which the full lines indicate a body having a and the dotted lines indicate a different form of top, the pivotal point 6 of the plate allowing it to be turned to conform to the angle of the top. Other means of attaching the standards to the top may be utilized without departing from the spirit of this invention.

In order that the two shield sections 2 and 4- may be concentrically pivoted to the frames and also to allow each to be independently adjusted without reference one to the position of the other, each standard or frame 1 terminates in an apertured end 7 to receive the trunnions 15 and 19 of the two sections. As indicated more clearly in Figs. 2 and 5, the eye in the upper end of each standard is formed by a part 10 and a ring 23 integral with the standard, and a part 11 hinged to the part 10 at the point (5 (ill Which the plate also pivoted. Be low the aperture formed by the fixed and pivoted parts 10 and 11 and the ring, the standard 1 is notched as indicated at 12 to receive the portion 13 of the part 11. This portion 13 is apertured to receive the screw whereby the part 11 may be drawn into place: The parts 10 and 11 adjacent the shield sections have a concshaped portion 8 substantially half of which is formed on the hinged 0r pivoted portion 1]. and half on the fixed portion 10 of the standard. By draw ing up the thumb-screw 14, the said coned straight top surface is made to tightly engage a ring shaped trunnion 15 having a surface conforming therewith antl provided with a flange 16 engaging in an annular recess 9 with which the parts 10 and 11 are provided.

When the parts are in position, the flange l6 prevents the withdrawal of the trunnion 15 from the aperture. The trunnion 15 in each standard or frame is provided with a U-shaped extension 17 adapted to receive the sash of the storm-shield 4, and by simply loosening'the screw 14, the storm-shield 4 may be turned to any of several positions either at an angle to or parallel with the upper section 2 of the shield.

The shield 2 is also held by a similar U shaped extension 18 on the coneshaped trunnion 19. This trunnion 19 fits in a cone 20 formed on the inner surface of a shell or cap 21, which in turn has a threaded flange 22 engaging over the externally threaded ring 23 formed integrally with the portion 10 of the standard 1 as indicated in Fig. 5. When the cap 21 has been turned on the ring 23 it may be secured in place by a screw 25 passing through the flange and engaging against the threaded edge of the ring 23. The cap or shell 21 is centrally apertured to receive a screw 26 and the coned trunnion 19 is threaded to receive the said screw. By turning the screw by means of the winged head 27, the said trunnion 19 is forced into the coned recess 20 in the disk, and thus tightly binds the part 19 therein whereby the shield 2 may be held in any desired position.

It is thus to be seen that the shields 2 and 4 are concentrically pivoted and are independently operable to change the relative position thereof. \Vhen not in use to prevent obstruction of thevision through the glass of the section 2, the shield 4 may be turned parallel therewith, and the operator may then see directly through the glass of both shields. When required for use to protect the front glass from storm, the shield 1 may be set at an angle thereto, as mai be desired to allow the operator to see through the glass of section 2, below the edge of the glass of the section 1; The greatest angle practicable between the two shields is a right angle, as indicated by full lines in Fig. 2. As heretofore stated, the cap or bearing member 21 is threaded on the ring 23 and may be removed therefrom by loosening the set screw 25. The standards 1 on opposite sides of the vehicle are preferably secured to the vehicle at both the top and bottom and are, therefore, rigidly fixed in place, but by removing the bearing member 21 from each standard and releasing the binding member 11, which en-' gages the trunnion 15, the upper section.

and storm shield section may be removed as a unit from the supporting frames without necessity of disassembling the frames relative to the supporting parts therefor.

'The screw 26 threaded in the trunnion 19 must be removed therefrom in order .to remove the cap member 21.

In the usual wind-shield built of a plurality of hinged sections that may be set in alinemcnt vertically, the upper section may be turned to allow the operator to clearly see beneath the lower edge of the section. Such arrangement, however, is un- .(lesirable in that an opening is provided through which the storm may blow into the vehicle, but by the arrangement here shown the, several sections of the wind-shield may be closed, thus tightly closing the vehicle to the storm and by use of the additional shield section 4 extending in front of the upper section, the said upper section is protected from the elements without discommoding the occupants of the vehicle in any manner.

Having thus briefly described my invention and its utility, what 1 claim is- 1. In a windshield construction, apair ofoppositely positioned supporting standards each provided with an aperture near the upper end, a wind shield section having cone shaped trunnions, av bearing member removably secured to each standard at the aperture each having a cone shaped recess to receive the companion trunnion, a storm shield section having trunnions concentric with said cone shaped trunnions rotatable on said bearing member, a binding screw passing through each bearing member in threaded engagement with the cone shaped trunnion, each standard having a semicircular portion formed to receive the concentric trunnions, and a complementary semicircular binding member pivoted to each standard adapted to releasably hold the concentric trunnions inset position, the two sections being removable as a unit from the standards.

2. In a wind-shield for vehicles, a hinge member consisting of a support having an externally threaded ring portion upon one side ,thereof, the opposite side of the support consisting of a part secured to the ring and a part hinged to the said part, the two last named parts, when in closed relation, having a cone-shaped aperture and an annular recess adjacent the said threaded ring portion, an aperturd trunnion having a coned outer surface and an annular external flange adapted to fit the corresponding portions of the support, said coned trunnion having a portion for attaching to a storm-shield section, the said hinged portion of the support being provided with a screw for insertion in a threaded aperture in the fixed companion portion for binding the apertured trunnion in adjusted position, a cap on the externally threaded ring member having a cone'shaped recess positioned within the apertured trunnion, a second coned trunnion member adapted for mounting in said cone-shaped recess and having means for attaching to a wind-shield section, and a screw member carried by said cap in threaded relation with the second trunnion member whereby it may be drawn into the cone-shaped recess to frictionally 45 frames, the

with, the said upper section being supported in a manner to provide a stop for the storm shield section when turned at alrightangle thereto, and independent means for locking the several sections in adjusted position. 1 g v 4. A wind shield comprising vertical side frames, a plurality of wind shield sections supported thereb the upper section being provided" witha cone shaped trunnion on each side thereof and the'frame's being aper- 'tured at the upper end, a bearing member secured to each side frame having a cone shapedrecess for the trunnions, a storm shield section having trunnions concentric with the first namedtrunnions freely rotatable on said bearing" members and adapted tobe received in the frame aperture, and independent means for frictionally holding 2,0 the several trunnions and respective sections in adjusted relation. I

5. A wind shield comprising two vertical frame members, a plurality of wind shield sections supported thereby, the upper sec- 25. tion having a cone shaped trunnion on each side thereof and the. frames near the upper end being apertur'ed, bearing members secured to eachframe at; the aperture having a cone shaped recess for the said trunnion,

a storm shield section havingflanged trunnions concentric with the first named trunnions and freely rhtatable on said bearing member, the aperture in the frame being adapted to receive the flanged trunnions, a

removable member engaging the last named trunnions and adapted to frictionally hold the trunnions and attached shield in adjusted position, and means for frictionally holding said upper section in adjusted po- 40 sitlon.

6. A storm shield. comprising a frame work formed oftwo vertical, side members having an, eye at the upper end thereof, wind shield {sections supported by t the u per" section aving coned trunnions on each side, a bearing member adapted to be secured. to each of said eyes of the frame and having anflin'ternal cone shaped recess fonthesaidtru-nnions, a screw carried by,-the bearing member engaging the trunnihns to frictionally hold. the same in adjusted'position, a storm shield section having apertured trunnions concentric With the first naied trunnions and freely rota- 55, table on still bearing iiiem'bers, ;'the said frames being recessed to, receive the last named tli'liifil r i'lilms, and piv'ptally mounted fi embers coo erastap ,withfthe frame mem l ers to secure the last named trunnionsin 4 the aperture and adaptedi' to independently hold the-same ilradju'stedposltlon.

' pivoted storm shield .swinglng movement on the windshield 7. In a -.wind shield, a pivotally supported wind shield section and a concentrically section, the two sections being independently adjustable and the wind shield section providing a stop.

against which the edge of the storm shield section engages when turned in one direc tion upon its pivot.

8. In a windshield construction, a pair of oppositely positioned supporting standards each provided with an aperture near the .upperend, a pair of windshield sections provided with concentric trunnions, binding means for each trunnion on each standard at the aperture adapted to detachably hold the sections in set position independently one of the other and to allow removal of athe two sections as a unit from the standar, S. 1 a.

9. In a windshield constructi on, supporting standards, a shield member having hubs journaled on said standards and adapted to i be swung into different angular positions thereon, means for securing said shield meInit has been adjusted, a second shield member ournaled substantially concentrically to the berm the different angular positions to which first shield member and adjustable to di-lferent of the securing means for the first shieldmember, said shield members having free supporting standards to opposite sides of said standards whereby said members may both be swung forwardly or to the rear of the supporting standards for ventilation purposes'and may by reason ofv the independent securing means be adjusted in various angular relations with respect to respect to the supporting standards.

10, In a windshield, a palrof vertical side frames, a pair of concentrically mounted sections revolubly supported thereby, each of said? side frames at the mounting being provided with a removable part, means for frictionally securing one of the sections to a fixed part of each side frame, and meansfor frictionally securing the other of said sections to the removable parts of said frames, the said frictional engaging means being such as to allow the sections to be independently set to position.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses. CLARENCE P. CHAMBERLIN. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. WISNER, SELENA MCDONALD.

each other and with. 

